We Put Up With A Lot To

I Admire People Who Are Suited To The Contemplative Life. They Can Sit Inside Themselves Like Honey In A Jar And Just Be. It's Wonderful To Have Someone Like That Around, You Always Feel You Can Count On Them. You Can Go Away And Come Back, You Can Change Your Mind And Your Hairdo And Your Politics, And When You Get Through Doing All These Upsetting Things, You Look Around And There They Are, Just The Way They Were, Just Being.

Growing Up Human Is Uniquely A Matter Of Social Relations Rather Than Biology. What We Learn From Connections Within The Family Takes The Place Of Instincts That Program The Behavior Of Animals; Which Raises The Question, How Good Are These Connections?

Mythology Is Like Gravity, Inconvenient At Times, But Necessary For Cohesion.

Mistrust Must Be Acted On, And Effective Action By The Ruled Is Not Solitary And Singular, But Joint And Repeated.

This Is The Power Of The Powerful To Define, To Structure, To Say, 'this Is The Way The World Works.' It's Enormous Power. Among The Powers Of The Weak, I Think The First One Is The Power Not To Believe The Powerful.